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Botswana’s GDP contracted by 0.2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, following a sharper 2% decline in the previous quarter, marking the fifth consecutive quarter of economic contraction. The downturn was largely driven by continued weakness in key sectors, including agriculture, forestry, and fishing (-3.4% vs. -2.5% in Q4), mining and quarrying (-7.7% vs. -27.3%), diamond trading (-36.2% vs. 196.2%), and water and electricity (-29% vs. 43.7%). In contrast, output in manufacturing showed a modest rebound (0.2% vs. -6.5%), while growth slowed in finance and insurance (3.9% vs. 4.7%), real estate (3.3% vs. 5%), and public administration and defense (4.2% vs. 5.9%). On a quarterly basis, the economy shrank by 0.1%, reversing the 1.3% growth recorded in the final quarter of 2024.